THE BEDFORD GAZETTE
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BY B. F. MEYERS,
A' the following terms, to wit:
$2 00 per annum, if paid strictly in advance.
$2 50 if paid within 6 months; $3.00 if not paid
subscription taken lor less than six months
ttF'No paper discontinued until all airearages are
paid, unless at the option of the publishei. It has
beem decided by the United States Courts that the
stoppage of a newspaper without the payment of
arrearages, is prima. facie evidence of fraud and as
a criminal offence.
[E?"The courts have decided that persons are ac
countable for the subscription price of newspapers,
if they take them from the post office, whether they
subscribe for them, or not.
Business (farbs.
JOSEPH W. TATE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Wfl promptly attend to collections and all busi
ness entrusted to his care, in Bedford and adjoining
counties.
Cash cdvanced on judgments, notes, military and
other claims.
Has for sale Town lots in Tatesville, and St. Jo
seph's, on Bedford Railroad. Farmsand unimproved
land, from one acre to 150 acres to suit purchasers.
Office near'/ opposite the "Alengel Hotel" and
Bank of Reed & Scbel).
A pri! 1, 3564—1 y
J. e7 dttrborrow,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Office one door South of the "Me>gel House."
Will attrnd piomptly to all business entrusted to his
care in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Having also been regularly licensed to prosecute
claims against the Government, particular attention
will be given to the collection of Military claims ol
all kinds; pensions, back pay, bounty .bounty loans,
Ac. April 1, 1864.
7:si'v M ALSTPT
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Will faithfully and promptly attend to all business
entrusted to bis care in Bedford and adjoining coun
ties. Military claims, back pay, bounty, Ac.,
speedily collected.
Office with Mann & Spang, on Juliana street, two
doors South of the Mengel House. Jan. 22, '64.
U . II . AKERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bedford, Pa.
Will promptly attend to all business entrusted to
his care. Military claims speedily collected.
(U'-Office on Julianna street, opposite the Bank,
one door north of John Palmer's office.
Bedtord, September 11, 1863.
F. M. KIMMKLI.. I. W. LINGENFELTKR
KIMMELL & LINGENFELTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA-
C3*"Have tormed a partnership in the practice of
the Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South
of fhe "Mengel House."
Or. H. SPANG,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Will promptly attend to collections and all busi
ness entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining
coanties.
on Juliana Street, three doors south
of the "Mengel House," opposite the residence ol
Mrs. Tate. May 13, 1864.
JO HN PTR E ED,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Respectfully tenders his services to the. Public.
BST'Office second door North of the Mengel
Rolise.
Bedford, Aug, 1, 1861.
JOHN PALMER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
promptly attend to all business entrus
ted to his care. Office on Juliar.na Street, (near
ly opposite the Mengel House.)
Bedford, Aug. 1, 1861.
A. 11. COFFROTH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Somerset, Pa.
Will hereafter practice regularly in the several
Courts of Bedford county. Business entrusted to
his care will be faithfully attended to.
December 6, 1861.
F. C. DOYLE, M. D. T
Tsmlers his professional services to the citizens of
Bloody Ran and vicinity. Office next door to the
hotel of John C. Black. [June 10, 1864.
-J. LI. MARBOURCT, M. D.
.Having permanently located, respectfully tenders
his professional services to the citizens of Bedford
am! vicinity.
Office on West Pitt street, south side, nearly op
po?ite the Union Hotel.
Beuiord, February 12, 1864.
F. M MARBOURG, M, D„
SCHELLSBURG. PA,
Tenders his professional services to the people of
that place and vicinity. Office immediately oppo
eite the store of John E. Colvin, in the room for
merly occupied by J. Henry Schell.
July 1, 18'Gl.
P. H. PEN4SYL, M. D.
KAY'S HILL, BEDFORD CO., PA-
Having located at the above place tenders hiapro
iessional services to the community.
August 19, 1564. :f
DAVID DEFIBAGUH,
GUNSMITH, BEDFORD, PA.,
Workshop same as formerly occupied by John
Border, deceased. Rules and other guns made to or
der, in the be sty le and on reasonable terms. Spe
cial attention will be given to the repairing of fire
arms. July 1, 1864—1y.
SAM IK L KE ITER ,11 AI,
BEDFORD, PA.,
07-Would hereby notify the citizens ofydedford
county, that he has moved ro the Borough or Bed
ford, where he may at all times be found by persons
wishing to see him, unless absent upon business
pertaining to his office.
Bedford, Aug. 1,1861.
JACOB REED, J.J. SCHELL,
REED AND SCHELL,
BANKERS & DEALERS IN EXCHANGE,
BEDFORD, PENN'A.
tt7"DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made
and money promptly remitted.
Deposits solicited.
J. ALSIP & SON,
Auctioneers & Commission Merchants,
BEDFORD, PA.,
Respectfully solicit coßsigureents of Boots and
Shoes, Dry Goods, Groceries, Clothing, and all kinds
of Merchandise for AUCTION and PRIVATE Sale,
REFERENCES.
PHILADE LP H RA BEDFORD,
Philip Ford & Co., Hon. Job Mann,
Boyd & Hough, Hon. W. T. Daugherty
Armor Young & Bros., B. F. Meyers.
January 1, IS64—tt.
SCOTT 8c STEWART,
AUCTIONEERS
Commission fllcirtymts
Jayne's Marble Building,
616 Chestnut St., Sr 616 Jayne St.
PHILADELPHIA.
J -NO. Fl. GiLLFTTE. B. SCOTT. JR.
A P- IT, ly.
VOLI.TIE GO.
NEW SERIES.
Select floetrn.
Hurrah for the Man we Love.
, AIR.— " Vive IVAmour."
Come all ye true patriots and join in tdis song.
Hurrth for the man we love.
McCleilan's our leader—he's gallant and strong ;
Hurrah for the man we Save.
Cm Res— He'll win the race—to the White House
he'll go,
Whether Lincoln and Chase ere wil ing or no.
Hurrah for the man, hurrah for the mac, hurrah for
the man we love.
On Mexican plains he won a good name ;
Hurrah for the man we love.
General Scott spoke his praiaes, and we'd do the
same ;
Hurrah for the man we love.
CHORUS.—He'II win the race—to the White House
he'll go,
Whether Stanton and Hilleck are vi ling or no.
Hurrah lor the man, hurra", fo. :he man, hurrah fur
the man we love.
Uncle Sam sent him out to the blondy Crimea,
Hurrah lor the man weicve,
Which established,his tame as ag. at engineer,
Hurrah for the man we love.
CHORUS —He'II win the racs, to tho White House
he'll go.
Whether Beecher or Greeley are willing or no.
Hurrah for the man, hurrah for the man, hurrah for
the man we love.
When secessionists tried the Union to sever
Up rose the man we love ;
Little Mac drew his sword andboi lly said "NITER"
Hurrah for the man we love.
CHORUS. —He'II win the race, to tl- White House
he Ml go, i
Whether plundering ar=> wiih. „or no, '
Hurrah for the man, 1 sirrah . r the man, ; f ur
the man v t love.
• •••••
! Then flock 'round his bannv in zealous array,
And hasten your footsreps ro greet h < i
I Determined in earnest, from this very dav.
In the President's chair to seat him,
| CHORUS. —W I'h MCURELLAN for President -UP I
WITH THE FLAG !
The rebellion will end—a ray vim its rag. i
Three cheers for the man, three cheers for the ;r.au
three cheers for the man we love.
H rr! HIP! HIP!
! McCLELLAN AND PENDLE -ON, j
j. l ire Democracy have chosen their '
The Chicago Convention has concluded its la- i
bors. GEORGE I>. McCt.KTI.A- and GEORGE 11.
PENDLETON are to lead us in tc .great battle we
: are fighting for-ou; liberties. With a unanimity
i echoing the sentiment ot the great Democratic
| party, the Convention adopted its platform and
! indicated its choice; and shout and salvo, spread
ing over the land, as quickly as the telegraj h
could give the signal, announced the approva
|of the people. Never, we are sure, . ere nom
| inalions made with more earnestness of feeling; j
1 never with a more heartfelt endorsement from a
nation which has suilerej such great wrongs,
_ - - ° ® !
MCCLELLAN and PENDLETON* —the patriot sol
dier and the distinguished civilian—(Miristian
gentlemen botli—are to lead the Democratic
party. In the words of Horatio Sevmou., each
of thera "loves the Union, desires peace, and
will uph Id constitutional freedom." The... wish
the war ended and the Union restored, ana wiil
make no previous conditions necessary before
receiving propositions for a restoration of the
Union and the termination of bloodshed and
civil strife. They wish the laws maintained;
the press protected; the citizen to be free from
oppression. They love the States and will pro
tect theru; and though they will be at the head
of the General Government which, with God's
blessing, will rule us after the Fourth of March
next, both McClellan and Pendleton wiil resist
with jealous care every encroachment by that
General Government upon the rights of sover
eign States.
When Abraham J. ncoln'wished to wage war
with barbarity, it was MCCLELLAN ;:t Harrison's
Landing, who rebuked him. Wli n lie wished
to hear a negro song amid the dead and dying
of a bloody field, it was MCCLELLAN who made
his cheeks tingle with shame. What Stanton,
v,ut of envy and spite, had almost ruined the
army, it was MCCLELLAN* who, in wo' ds which
.stung the ruffian's very soul, told him of i* ; and
made his efforts powerless.
If it be the wish of Him, who controls all
our actions, MCCLELLAN and PENDLETON* will re
store peace to a distracted land, and give the
world back again that glorious Union which was
once its greatest pride.
We need say no more. The Convention has
ended its labors—those of the people have just
begun. We must fight with an earnestness such
as never animated us before. We tire a• ■ -spot's
slaves, and have freedom to win. Th usands
of office-holders are at that tie pot's back to do
his bidding. Millions of money fill his ooffers,
rls has the arm) and the navy. He has etc -
thing that power could wish, but the love oi
the people. Against ali iliv.se we must contend;
all must be overcome; and if taxes, conscrip
tions, bloodshed, war, hecatombs of slain, the
shrieks of wounded, the orphan's wail, the wid
ow's tear, the curse of an outraged G d whicn,
for Lincoln's sins, has blighted ur happiness,
cannot animate this nation to a mighty etlort 'o
overthrow the tyrant, then are our weak words
powerless.— Aye.
sooner docs the good anpt 1 o r man
abandon him than the devil 'tikes posss. -?i> \
case in point is just developed in " fact :l .
the he-she's nnd she-he's of too Chicago Frce
love Spiritualists convention have endc"3ed by
resolution the administration of Abraham Lin
coln. All the good having abandoned the l£ail
splitter, it is but proper that all tlie ''black
spirits nnd red—blue Spirits ii. ' grey," ri •
unite to raak up the ho.; illc heW roth c tk ■
shoddy party.
BEDFORD, PA.,FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBERS, 1864.
OUR PLATFORM:
Tlie Union—The Constitution—Peace—
PubLc Liberty—Private Rights—Free
Elections—A Free Press—Free Speech
—Trial by Jury—The Right of Asy
lum—Justice to our Soldiers.
J. 'so/ved, ihat in the future, as in the past,
e will adhere with unswerving iidelity to the
1 nion cider the Constitution as the only solid
; i iundation ot our strength, security, aud hap
piness as a people, and as a framework of gov
| eminent ecpially conducive to the welfare and
; prosperity of all the .States, both Northern and
Southern.
liesowed, I nat this Convention docs explicitly
declare, as the sense of the American people,
that after four years of failure to restore the
Union by the experiment of war, during which,
under the pretense of a military necessity or war
| power higher than the Constitution, the Consti
tution it>-elf has been disregarded in every part,
and public liberty and private right alike trod
■ .it i down, and the material prosperity of the
country essentially impaired, justice, humanity,
liberty , and the public welfare demand that im
mediate eflorts be made for a cessation of hos
tilities with a view to an ultimate Convention
of ali the States, or other peaceable means, to
the end that, at the earliest practicable moment,
peace u.;.y be restored on the basis of the Fed
ral t nice of the .States.
Resolved, Ihat the direct interference of the
, ilitary authority of the United States in the
. • t elections held in Kentucky, Maryland,
Missouri and Delaware, was a shameful viola
tion of the Constitution, and a repetition of
such acts in the approaching election will be held
j as revolutionary, and resisted with all the means
ana : ower under our control.
1 Jit h-ed,, T 'hat the aim and object of theDetn
ocrr. patty is to preserve the Federal Union
and . so lights of the States unimpaired; and
. y hereby declare that they consider the ad
. rstrati\e usurpation of extraordinary and
ou .. -ous power- not granted by the Constitu
te* the subversive; ef the civil by military law
ia Suites not in insurrection, tlie arbitrary mil
ita' v arrest, imprisonment, trial, and sentence
of American citizens in Suites, where civil law
ex l in tuli force, the -suppression of freedom
of s. eek, and of the press, the denial of the
right of asylum, tlie open and avowed disregard
of State rights, Reemployment of unusuaDest
oaths, and the interference with and the denial
of the right of the people to bear arms, as cal-
to prevent a restoration of the Union
ami t) ie r ,-petuation of a government deriving 1
its }im powers from fh® eonotut ur uicgu\emei?.
That the shameful disregard of the !
Admmistit.ion to its duty in respect to our fel
low citizens v< i 0 now and long have been pris
oners ot war in ? suffering condition, deserves
toe severest reprobation on the score alike of
public and common htaj : ,nity.
Jteaofved, 1 nat the sy a, pa thy of the Demo
cratic party is heartily and earnestly extended
'o the soldi ry of our army who are, and have
on, in tlie iield, under the flag of our coun
tr ~ and in the event of our attaining posver,
tin will receive all the care, protection, regard
anu . Indness 11*.at the brave .soldiers of the lie
public have so nobly earned.
On this platform stand our candidates:
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
i .AJGR GENERAL
CEO. mm MUELLIiI
OF NEW JERSEY.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
GEORGE H. PENDLETON,
OF OHIO.
THE REAL ISSUE.
There is nothing in which the perverse men
rLic.ty of the Administration and its parasites
is now so industriously occupied, as iu falsifying
the issues before us, and misrepresenting the re
lation which is borne to tiiern by the Democrat
ic pa. -. In proclaiming themselves the advo
cates of peece, the Democracy are charged with
espousing tie cause of the Southern Confedera
cy. liy denouncing the follies and crimes of
the Administration, they are accused of array
ing themselves against the Government of their
couniiy, and giving aid and comfort to its ene
mies. Iu appealing to the constitutional right
and patriotic duty of the citizen to rebuke bad
rulers and take from them the power they abuse,
we are told that we are weakening the hands
which we should strengthen, and aiming side
h!ow- nt the cause which they uphold.
Familiar as are the tricks and falsehoods of
thiunpri . pled faction, which in one short term
of its domination has dragged us to the brink of
ana-ch) and rum, tin y are none ihe less dan
gerous on that account. The people have been
fed with lies, until they can scarcely recognize
i! ' truth. Their passions have been stimulated
by e.xry appliance of diabolical malignity, un
til reason has tost half of its control and near
ly ai' j vigilance. Every generous impulse has
been so basely played upon—every pure and no
ble purpo 1., s been so systematically and wick
edly distorted—that the minds and hearts of
men arc no longer in their normal rendition. —
'j l, e elements within us are at war, iike the ele
ment- without, and a truce is as needful to save
us from moral desolation, as from the chaos of
hloodi btubarism towards which, as a nation,
wt. .ii i rushing. Tf the Democratic party has
not ririue ui d strength enough for the work, we
are without hop;-. £. id there is a darkness over
the futi which it : fearful to behold, and may
bo ir uure fearful to penetrate The purposes
in.- ns of the parly, therefore, should not be
left subject to n," iuicrpreralion, or misrepresen
tation- j ''t-j should be made as distinct and
Sear as t!.. y are patriotic and elevated. No
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
amusement has lieen caused
in the city and vicinity of Detriot, by the
circulation within the last few days of a prin
ted ballot, of which the following is r copy:
For President,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
For Vice-President,
ANDREW JOHNSON.
I, , who deposit this ballot, hereby pledge
myself, in case it shall be successful, to enlist
in the army for three years, or during the war.
(Signed,) ——
Cal"A Minnesota paper learns that, from dif
ferent parts of that State, the distress created
among the families of conscript beggars descrip
tion. One gentleman, who was appointed to
deliver the notices to the "unfortunates," was
so much overcome by the heart-rending scenes
he wa3 compelled to witness among the wives
and chiidren, after delivering two or three of
the "death warrants," resigned his commission,
saying he had "no taste for such business."
fcfA little boy of Hartford was recently
heard upon his "first going to church." In re
ply to a question by his paternal parent as to
what he did in church, he replied : "I went
into a cupboard and took a seat on a shelf!"
; That boy will be a Presidential joker when he
grows up —if lie is not cared for in time
man should be able to misunderstand them, un
less wilfully.
Once for all, then, the great end and object of
the Democratic party, in this struggle, is the
vindication of the rights and liberties of our
own people, and the re-establishment of repub
lican institutions among ourselves, under a con
stitutional government ana honest rulers. To
this great consummation all other things tend,
and everything else is merely tributary. The
system ul government which oi# fathers gave
us, had for its chiof, great end, the liberty of
tho citizen. All the constitutional forms which
it provided were but auxiliary to this. The
In ion itself was devised but as a means of for
tifying individual freedom, by building around
it the bulwarks of national independence and
power. The freedom and security, then, of the
citizen, are what the Democratic party is now
fighting for. Without law and Constitution,
neither freedom nor security can exist, and the
Democratic party, therefore, is fighting for Con
stitution and law. The corrupt and bloody dy
nasty which it is laboring to overturn, has tram
pled down the laws and laughed the Constitu
tion to scorn. The Democratic party, there
fore,-is the sworn enemy of the profligate usur
pers at. Washington, and, in the name of repub
lican liberty, has summoned the people to cast j
them out.
lie question, then, in the canvass which is
opening, is not merely between peace and war,
but between military despotism and constitution
al light. The Democratic party is the herald
and champion ot peace—not because it sympa
thises with rebellion, but because it is on the
Bide of its own birthright. It is against the
further prosecution of an iniquitous nud bloody
war—not merely because it leans to humanity
and cirilization; not merely because it sees, in
the mad policy of State coercion, a violation of
the spirit and faith of the compact and a wick
ed futility aud crime; but because it feels and
knows that a military organization which can
crush the South, will be too strong for the free
dom of the North. Ii has already felt the iron
hand of military despotism. Its presses have
becii silenced by armed force. Its best citizens
have been dragged from dungeon to dungeon,
or exiled trom home and country, for no crime
but their opinions. Jhe ballot box has been
fenced around by bayonets, aucl the right of suf
frage has been made a soldier's mockery. State
legislatures have been suppressed, and State
rights turnd into jest. To combine and organ
ize as a party, under the shield of the law and
the guarantees of (he Constitution, is to "con
spire jprotection, is to
speech lias become "disloyalty"—free thought
is "moral treason." Military commissions have
superseded trial by jury, and military arrogance
has set judicial process at defiance. The Pres
ident's mere order has been made, by act of
Congress, a flat l>ar to prosecution for every
crime, and to all civil remedy for every outrage
committed under it. There is no home sacred,
110 sex secure, no age respected, no right invio
late. Aggressions multiply, every day, with in
creasing insolence and aggravation. While the
war lasts, they will go on multiplying, for the
necessities of war are their sole pretext. Peace,
then, is their only cure, and our only salvation.
It is for this that tha Democracy covet peace,
and will spare no honorable or uianly effort to
secure it. They are not willing to become en
slaved, themselves, in the vain and iniquitous
attempt to compel "the abandonment of slave
ry," elsewhere. They will not consent that the
rod hand of conscription shall be on their throat,
under pretense of throttling the rebels. They
will not surrender their own liberties for the
unholy purpose of subjugating or exterminating
a peojile, but yesterday their brethren.
These, then, are the issues. To the South,
the Administration proposes that its j>eople shall
live with us on our terms, or die. To the peo
ple of the North, it declares that they shall a
bandon their own freedom, to trample the South
into submission or annihilation. The Demo
cratic party will submit to neither alternative.
It wiil be neither savage nor serf. Its policy
towards the South will be guided by justice and
humanity, and will be developed in due time;
but its present concern is the salvation of the
North. Its present battle is one of self preser
vation. Peace and war, slavery and emanci
pation, victories and defeats, all matters of pol
icy and detail, it holds as nothing, besiue the
great fundamental and absorbing question of
public and private liberty. There it has taken
its stand, and around it, if there be manhood
and virtue left in the people, virtue and man
hood will rally unto victory.— Aye.
WHOLE iWIBER, 1064
Honor to Whom Honor is Due.
Ia a recent number of the Democrat, it was
stated that the drafted men of this county were
indebted to Hon. A. H. Coffroth for the favor
of not being compelled to travel one hundred
utiles across the mountains to Cbautbersburg, as
was the case last fall. To this a little paper
called "The Old Flag," published at Chambers
burg, by one Alexander King M'Clure of legis
lative corruption notoriety makes this raoat silly
and absurd reply.—
"General Golfroth had just about as much to
do with the change, allowing drafted men to re
port in their respective counties, as the man in
the moon. It was first urged in the columns of
the Repository, and subsequently ordered by the
Secretary of War, in compliance with a dis
patch sent him by the chief editor of this paper.
Iho enrollment does not apply to this draft, and
the amendment proposed by Mr. Colfroth is not
yet in force."
Ihe facts are these : On of the first acts of I
Mr. CofTroth on taking his seat in Congress syis
i to introduce the following rcsolution:-*-
! '"Resolved, lhat the Military Committee be
directed immediately to inquire into the expedi
ency of amending the act entitled, "An Act for
enrolling and calling out the National forces and
for other purposes, approved March 3d, 1863,"
to compel the l'rovost Marshals of the differ
ent Congressional districts to hold their exami
nations for physical disability, or any other cause
of exemption, in the county town of each coun
ty, in their respective Congressional districts."
Referring to this resolution, the Herald j-
If huj of Jan. 6th said :
"Won. A. H. Coffroth has given notice of a
proposed amendment to the conscription act re
quiring boards of enrollment to hold their ex
aminations and hear applications for exemption
in the different county towns of each district.
This amendment would be eminently just and
proper, and we trust tlie Honorable gentleman
may succeed in having it engrafted in the bill."
The resolu'.ion quoted above and to which
Jhe Herald referred was passed. When the a
mended act for enrolling and calling out the na
tional forces was under consideration, Mr. Cof
froth offered the substance of the resolution as
an amendment.
The following extracts from the Congression
al l'roeeedings will fully explain how and to
whom belongs the credit of the change in sit
tings of the board of enrollment. The Con
scription bill being under consideration, Mr. Cof
fioth moved to amend the section by adding the
following:—
enrolled or drafted men are required to noia
their examinations within each county in their
respective enrollment districts.
Mr. A. Meyers. I suggest to the gentleman
that he insert after the words "county" the
words "at the county sear, where practicable."
Mr. Coffroth. I accept the modification.—
I desire to say a single word in favor of the a
mendment. Under the first draft the provost
marshal of the sixteenth district of Pennsylva
nia held his examinations where he resided:
and I suppose that was the case in almost every
district. In the district 1 represent, the exam
ination was held at Chambersburg. In Somer
set county six hundred and eight persons were
drafted, and many of these men had one hund
red and twenty-five miles to travel to reach the
place of examination. We had no railroad
leading through the county to the place where
the men were required to report. —They had to
travel that distance in October over the bad
roads which then existed on the mountains, and
the expense to the government amounted on an
average to seven or eight dollars to the man.
The expense of that single county in the district
was over five thousand dollars. If the amend
ment is adopted, the expense of holding the ex
aminations in the different counties will not be
more than one tenth what it is by compelling
the men to report at the place where the exam
inations are now held by the provost marshal.
Mr. Grinncll. I ask the gentleman from Penn
sylvania to accept this modification, "in all coun
ties where there are not less than five thousand
inhabitants."
Mr. Coffroth. Certainly, I will accept that
modification. Now, sir, as a general thing in
Pennsylvania outside of the cities, drafted men
have to undergo the hardship, fatigue, and ex
pense of traveling long distances, sometimes
from seventy-five to eighty miles, to appear be
fore the board of enrollment. My own district
is about two hundred miles in length, running
west nearly to the Monongahola river, and down
to the State of Maryland, at Carroll county.
Some of the drafted men of my district have
to cross fivo or six mountains in order to reach
Chambersburg whereas if the examinations had
been held in the county towns it would have sa
ved money to the Government.
I claim this out of justice to the people. We
arc legislating here not to impose greater bur
dens than are absolutely necessary upon the mas
ses of the people. We are here to make the
burdens as light as possible upon their shoulders.
This we eau do by the adoption of the amend
ment which 1 have offered. At the same time
it will effect a saving of expense to the Gov
ernment. — As a matter of justice,therefore, I
ask the other side of the House to consider this
amendment and to adopt it,"
Mr. Coffroth accepted various modifications
offered by different members and the amendment
was passed.
In the face of these facts, Alexandria King
M'Clure is foolish enough to state that the Sec
retary of War, in compliance with a dispatch
sent by Alex King AfClurc made the change.
The ridiculous part of th? business, is that
Mr. Stevens in the debate on the subject said,"
The great difficulty before teas that the Secretary
of War considered he was not authorized to order
the boards to meet in each county ." I low then
could ho have complied with Mr. M'Clure's re
ouest, if any had ever been made, (about which
ire extremely doubtful.) If ii was made it
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VOL. 8, NO. 6.
was after the bill had already been amended by
Mr. Coffroth.
l'ublic attention to one thing, however would
have been sufficient to show the unfairness and
told falsely of A. K. M'Clure's statement. It
is not an easy matter to tell a lie well, so well
as to completely doceiveln. trying to make a false -
| hood appear true beyond all question, most peo
ple over shoot tire mark, and betray the utter un
truthfulness of the whole story. The suprising
tiling in this connection is that the wily, and
astute M'Clure, who lias had so uiuch practice
and experience in that sort of thing, should not
tell a lie more plausibly.
YVe had learned so much of Alex. M'Clure'g
political shrewdness (perhaps rascality is the
better word) as to he amazed at the last sentence
of his article. It is not the first time braying
has betrayed the ass. Hear this profound sen
tence : li The new enrollment dots not apply to this
draft and the amendment, proposed by Mr. Cof
froth is not yet in farce."
of the men over thirty-fire who were
recently drafted, have doubtless found out that
the new enrollment did apply to this draft.—
The two recent drafts were made under the a
mended act approved February 24th, 1864. It
was to tiiat act Mr. CofTroth's amendment was
passed'and approved. Mr. M'Clure says, "the
1 amendment proposed by Mr. Coffroth is not in
force." He thereby acknowledges that Mr.
Coffroth did have an amendment of the kind
passed, and the most you could make out of his
statement is that it applies only to the
draft of September.
What an ignoramus M'Clure makes of him
self. It is inexcusable ignorance for an editor
not to know all about a matter of such general
interest as the conscription bill. Mr. Coffroth's
amendment was one of those passed and approv
ed by the President in February and not one
of the July amendments. It applied to all
drafts since February. If it did not, then the
drafting of the second class was illegal, for
the consolidation of the two classes was passed
with Mr. CotTroik's amendment.
We submit, such blundering illy becomes a
man aspiring to edit a paper—who claim? to be
the leading politician in the State, and whose
friends boast that he owns Andy Curtin. From
the way he writes one would conclude (notwith
standing no sale of administration slaves has
been made public,) that he owns the Secretary
of War:—for although the Secretary says he is
not authorized to order the boards to sit in
each county yet immediately on bis, A lex. Kimj
AlcClure's solicitation, the secretary issues tlio
orders.—
wiCVy-W-* lfl i nA llhn*..*i iKo Qr./>.
monthly rebel raids into the border counties ?
Tho motives un lot-lying this wh -vlps do falsify
ing is doubtless this—Mr. McClure knows that
Mr. Coffruth has been taking care of the inter
ests of his constituents, and that the people ap
preciate him for it. By Mr. Coff roth's amend
ment the country was saved a useless expense
and our citi/ens much trouble and inconve-
nience. The people ought and will reward Mr.
Coffroth for Ins faithfulness. His uniform at
tention to the interests and welfare of the peo
ple of his district makes him a strong candi
date. This strength, his enemies want neutra-
lized, and to do so, Alex. M'Clure sacrifices the
little personal honor and personal honesty ho
yet possessed, and invents the most puerile false
hood. Not being troubled with modesty he e
ven takes upon himself the honor of doing all
that Mr. Coffroth has done for his constituents.
Can any honorable man be deceived by such
littleness. —Mr. McClure, it seems has not yet
learned "that corruption wins wot more than
honesty," perhaps he does not want to learn it;
for if half is true that is said of him, corrup
tion has done before him, what honesty never
could—made him a very rich man in an incred
ible short time. The facts arc simple and
none but a fool could be in doubt as to whom
the honor of effecting the change in the sittings
of the board is due. Mr. Coffroth introduced
the resolution asking* for an amendment. He
afterwards introduced the amendment itself.
It was passed and approved by the President
on the 24th of Feb. 18d4. A draft was made
under the amended bill of the 24th of Feb. and
in accordance with the law of Congress, pro
posed by Mr. Coffroth, the boardu met in each
county and saved the people much inconve
nience He who is so miserably mean' apoliti
cal opponent fur what bo is justly entitled to is
only held in comtempt by the honest men of
this county, and as Mr. McCluro's paper is very
little circulated here, the sooner he learn 3 this
fact the better for him. Even you Alex. Mc-
Clure, shrewd and cunning as you doubtless aro
can not make the citizens of this county believe
that black is white.— Somerset Democrat.
telegraphs that "the taking of
Kichmond is only a matter of tune." It looks
like one of eternity.
&yA Republican exchange still defies public
opinion, and exclaims: "Allhail, Lincoln!" The
storm that is gathering over his head will he
pretty near all hail.
C3"A Republican paper says—"lt is roughly
calculated that within the next year there will
be three more drafts."—We should say that
was rough.
fjrllow to raise an army— Lincoln placo
a rille in the hands of each of his six hundred
thousand olfico holders, and order them to the
front. Most of them have had much expe
rience rifling, and all of tbeni know how to
charge.
CyTiie secret of the high prices of the necea
saries of life, is partially explained in the fol
lowing little dialoguo :
"John, mark the goods up, gold is higher."
"How much shall I mark ?'
"Well, 15 per cent.; gold went up ten yes
terday, and it may go np o more to-iaarrow. It
is hot to safe."